Cotton-baling apparatus.



Patented Nov. 27, |900. M. SWENSDNL. COTTUN BALINGV APPARATUS.

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No. 662,886. 'Patented Nov. 27, |900.

M. Swenson. CDTTN BALING PPARATUS.

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MAGNIIS SWENSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO .TI-IE AMERICAN COTTON COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COTTONWBALING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,886, dated November 27, 19010.

Application led Algust 15, 1899. Serial No. 727,260. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAeNUs SwnNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Ealing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cotton-baling apparatus of the type intended for the formaio tion of cylindrical cotton-bales by spirally winding a continuous sheet or bat under pressure; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient form of apparatus wherein a so-called continuous operation may be carried out. .With apparatus of this type heretofore suggested it has been the practice to employ,in combination with two rotary cotton-pressing appliances, a single bat-forming apparatus and means for shifting the feed zo of the bat alternately to said appliances. With my present improvements I make use of two rotary cotton-pressing appliances and two bat-forming apparatus, dispensing with intermediate mechanism between the batz 5 formers and the presses for effecting the shift of the feed of the bat and directing a bat alternately from each of said bat-foriners into the press or other appliance with which it is directly connected. By utilizing two batforming devices of a very simple type and by dispensing with the intermediate mechanism referred to I am enabled to secure a very convenient and efficient apparatus for the purpose.

In order that my invention may be better` understood, attention is directed to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view 4o illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, an elevation through the drum, showing the clutch mechanism for reversing the rotation thereof; and Fig. 3,a similar view of a modification.

In all of the above views corresponding parts are represented by the same numerals of reference.

l and 2 represent two rotary cotton-pressing appliances of a well-known type arranged 5o back to .back in line with each other. The

press l is provided with a stationary baling- -eflicient of friction thereof.

roll 3, a movable roll l, a core 5 betweensaid rolls, and an endless belt 6, extending over the baling-rolls and under the core. The press 2 is provided with a stationary roll 3', 55 a movable roll 4', a core 5', and an endless belt 6', passing over the baling-rolls and under the core, as shown. The bales are formed alternately on the cores 5 and 5' by winding a continuous sheet or bat upon said cores 6o and subjecting said 'sheet or bat to the pressure of the two baling-rolls, as is well known. Mounted above the rolls 3 and 3' are the com pressing-rollers 7 and 7', which compress the sheet or bat before it is wound on the core, expel air therefrom, and give smoothness and strength to the sheet. With my present improvements the roller 7' constitutes one of the movable elements of a bat-former and the roller 7 constitutes the corresponding ele- 7o ment of a second bat-former.

Mounted between the rollers 7 7' is a drum 8, which occupies substantially the entire space between said rollers. The drum 8 is preferably faced with wood, so as to be as light as possible, and is preferably covered with cloth, rubber, or other material to increase the co- A casing 9 incloses the drum 8 and partially incloses the rollers 7 and 7', as shown. If cotton is de- 8o posited in a light and iiuffy state within the casing 9 and the drum 8 is turned in one direction-for instance, that indicated by the arrow-and if the roller 7 is rotated at the same surface speed as said drum, cotton from within the casing will be forced downward between the drum 8 and said roller and formed into a thick, coherent, and homogeneous sheet or bat, which will be wound u p on the core 5, between the baling-rolls 3 and 4. If 'the ro- 9o tation of the drum S be reversed and the roller 7 turned in the direction of the arrow at the same surface speed as said drum, cotton from within the casing 9 will be forced between the drum S and said rollerand formed into a thick, coherent, and homogeneous bat, which will be wound up on the core 5', between the baling-rolls 3' and 4.

It will be understood that instead of employing asingle drum 8, the direction of which roo is reversible and which cooperates alternately with the compressing-rollers 7 and 7', two of said drums may loe employed, as shown in Fig. 3, arranged side by side, one coperating with the roller 7 and the other coperating with the roller 7, for forming a sheet or bat in connection with either the roller 7 or 7, as may be desired. When a single drum 8 is used, its direction may be reversed' in any suitable way. In the drawings I illustrate the shaft of the drinn as being provided with two loose pulleys 10 and 11, one driven by a direct belt 12 and the other bya cross-belt 13 from fast pulleys on a counter-shaft 14. A clutch 15 is splined to the shaft of the drum 8 and is'adapted to engage with either the pulley 1() or 11 by means of an operatinghandle 16, whereby said drum maybe turned in either direction, as will be obvious. The proportion of the, pulleys should in practice be such that the peripheral speed of the drum 8 would be the same as that of the rollers 7 7' and of the several baling-rolls. The cotton may be deposited in a light and fluffy state in the casing 9, so as to pass into either batformer between the drum 8 and roller 7 or 7 in any suitable way. As a convenient embodiment of the preferred device for this purpose I show a perforated cylinder 17, which is mounted above the casing 9 and one or both ends of which connect with a ilue 18, whereby air may escape through the periphery of said cylinder at the ends thereof and into said ilue. The cotton from the gin or gins is generally blown by a blast of air through a flue 19 onto the periphery of the cylinder 17. The cylinder 17 is turned at a sufficiently high surface speed to throw oif the cotton by the centrifugal force and deposit it in the casing 9. The cylinder 17 may be driven in any suitable way-as, for instance, by a belt 20 from the counter-shaft 14. It will be observed that the only function performed by the cylinder 17 is to separate the air from the cotton carried with the air and to deposit the cotton free from air and in a light fluffy state in the casing 9. Any other device which may be used for the performance of this function is the equivalent of the cylinder 17 and may be used in place of said cylinder.

The operation of my cotton-baling apparatus is as follows, the assumption being that the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 and that the elements are rotated in the direction of the arrows: The cylinder 17 is rotated, and cotton from the gin or gins is carried by the blast and blown against the periphery of the cylinder, being thrown 'off therefrom by the centrifugal effect and deposited in the casing 9 in a light uffy condition. This cotton will be drawn out from the casing between the drum 8 and the compressingrolle-r 7, and by the combined action of said drum and roller the cotton will be formed into a thick,coherent,and homogeneous bat,which will be wound upon the core 5 in the usual way. As soon as the press 1 has been started and the lever 16 thrown over so as to drive the drum 8 in the proper direction the bale which has been previously formed in the press 2 will be covered and removed and that press placed in condition for the formation of a new bale. When the bale in press 1 has been finished, the lever 16 is thrown in the opposite direction, so as to reverse the direction of the drum 8, and the press 2 is started. The reversal of the drum 8 causes the cotton from the casing 9 to be fed between said drum and the roller 7, and by the coperation of said drum and roller a thick, coherent, and homogeneous bat will be formed, which will be directed into the press 2. By thus utilizing two bat-forming apparatus and by dispensing with intermediate` mechanism between said bat-formers and the cotton-pressing appliances I am enabled to secure a device which will be very simple in construction and wherein high efficiency may be secured.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two rotary cotton-pressing appliances, two bat-formers arranged adjacent to each other' and connected respectively with the cotton-pressing appliances, a perforated cylinder mounted above the bat-formers and by which the cotton will be deposited into the bat-formers in a light and fluffy state and means for operating said bat-formers to form first in one a bat which is directed to one of the cotton-pressing appliances and then in the other a bat which is directed to the other cotton-pressing appliance, whereby such cottonpressing appliances will be operated in alternation, substantially asset forth.

2. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses arranged in line, two bat-for'mers arranged in line above said presses and connected respectively therewith, means for depositing cotton in the bat-formers in a light and fluffy state and means for operating said bat-formers to form first in one a bat which is directed to one of the cottonpressing appliances and then in the other a bat which is directed to the other cottonpressing appliance, whereby such cottonpressing appliances will be operated in alternation, substantially as set forth.

3. ln a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses arranged in line, two bat-formers arranged in line above said presses and connected respectively therewith, a perforated cylinder mounted above the roll- IOO IIO

ers for depositing cotton therein in a light and Y et. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of' two cotton-presses, a roller mounted above each of said presses and constituting ceases one of the movable elements of a bat-former for each press, a moving surfacecooperating with each of said rollers and movablein an 0pposite direction from the peripheries thereof, said surface constituting the other element of the bat-former for each press, and means for depositing the cotton into said bat-formers in a light and iiu ffy state, substantially as set forth. f

5. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses, a roller mounted above each of said presses and constituting one of the movable elements of a bat-former for each press, a moving surface cooperating with each of said rollers and movable in an opposite direction from the peripheries thereof, said surface constituting the other element of the bat-former for each press, and a perforated cylinder for depositing the cotton into said bat-formers in a light and iuffy state, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cctton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses,a combined pressure and bat-forming roller for each press, a movable surface cooperating with either of said rollers for formingin conjunction therewith a sheet or bat for either press,and means for depositing cotton between either of said rollers and said surface in a light and flufy state, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cotton-balingapparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses,a combined pressure and bat-forming roller for each press, a movable surface cooperating with eitherl of said rollers for forming in conjunction therewith a sheet or bat for either press, and a perforated cylinder for depositing cotton between either of said rollers and said surface in a light and fiuffy state, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses arranged end to end, a combined pressure and bat-forming roller foreach press,a drum mounted between said rollers and cooperating alternately therewith, and means for depositing cotton in a light and liuffy state between said drum and either of said rollers, substantially as set forth.

9. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination of two cotton-presses arranged end to end, a combined pressure and bat-forming roller for each press,a drum mounted between said rollers and cooperating alternately there.

with, and a perforated cylinder for depositing cotton in a light and fluffy state between said drum and either of said rollers, substantially as set forth.

IO. In a cotton-baling apparatus,the combination of two cotton-presses arranged end to end, a combined pressure and bat-forming roller for each press,a drum mounted between said rollers and cooperating alternately therewith, and means for reversing the rotation of said drum, substantially as set forth.

1l. In a cotton-balingapparatus,the combination of two cotton-presses arranged end to end, a combined pressure and bat-forming roller for each press,a drum mounted between said rollers and cooperating alternately therewith, means for reversing the rotation olf said drum, and a porforated cylinder mounted above said drum and rollers, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of July, 1899.

MAGNUS SWENSDN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. GIBSON, H. S. RINGI. 

